December 2011

12/29/2011

Although far from most people's favorites in the series, Tim Burton's 2001 production of Planet of the Apes was a box office success, despite its critial derision. In this video interview, that film's star, Mark Wahlberg, offers his feelings about the production.

12/26/2011

In this interview originally conducted by the SciFi Channel when the network first launched, actor Roddy McDowall reflects on portraying the character of Galan in the 1974 Planet of the Apes TV series.

Boom! Studios, which has enjoyed great simian success with the ongoing Planet of the Apes comic as well as the Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes mini-series, has announced three POTA-related comics scheduled for release in March 2012.EXILE ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #1 Written by Corinna Sara Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, art by Marc Laming, cover by Gabriel Hardman, Declan Shalvey. From the team that brought you Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes comes an all new Apes saga! With ape society gripped in uncertainty, Doctor Zaius must find a way to unite the warring factions before they rip the city apart. It's up to one lowly chimp to seek out the famed, disgraced General Aleron deep in the heart of the Forbidden Zone, with a secret that might help -- or destroy! 32 pages, $3.99.

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TERROR ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #2 Written by Doug Moench, art by Mike Ploog, cover by Bob Larkin. By popular demand, the classic Apes reprints continue! In 1974, mighty Marvel Comics published the bone-breaking Planet of the Apes Magazine featuring a fan-loved, all-new original story written by Moon Knight co-creator Doug Moench and drawn by Ghost Rider co-creator Mike Ploog: Terror on the Planet of the Apes! We heard you at conventions, we read your tweets, and we smiled at your wall posts! This issue features "The Forbidden Zone of Forgotten Horrors!" and "Lick the Sky Crimson." 32 pages, black and white, $3.99.

PLANET OF THE APES #12 Written by Daryl Gregory, art by Carlos Magno, cover by Carlos Magno, Damian Couceir When the Lawgiver was assassinated by a human freedom fighter, the world plunged into chaos. Sullivan, now free from Alaya's clutches, takes humanity's fight for freedom to the next level, in a devastating gambit for ape and human alike! 32 pages, $3.99. EXILE ON THE PLANET

12/15/2011

Thanks to the dual success of Boom! Studio's ongoing Planet of the Apes title as well as its miniseries Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes, the publisher is now turning its attention to the classic Marvel POTA comics of the 1970s. Notes Boom!, "In 1974, mighty Marvel Comics published the bone-breaking PLANET OF THE APES MAGAZINE featuring a fan-loved all-new original story written by Moon Knight co-creator Doug Moench and drawn by Ghost Rider co-creator Mike Ploog: TERROR ON THE PLANET OF THE APES! With an all-new "Age of the Apes" happening between the hit BOOM! series and the blockbuster Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie this past summer, you've hit us on Facebook, you've hit us on Twitter and we're listening: by popular demand, we're reprinting this classic! Featuring "The Lawgiver" and "Fugitives on the Planet of the Apes" in the first issue!"

The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting story about Andy Serkis and his attempts to drive home the fact that motion performance is a genuine form of acting. Notes the publication: "If the Screen Actors Guild award nominations are any indication, Hollywood's acting community isn't ready to honour work in the performance-capture format. Despite a push by Fox Studios for his role as a hyper-intelligent chimp named Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Andy Serkis was omitted from the guild's supporting actor category. Serkis has been an ad-hoc spokesman for performance capture, or motion capture, a technique in which the actions of human actors are recorded and used to animate digital character models. He appears in performance-capture roles in two films this year - as Caesar and as Captain Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin. Fox has been running ''for your consideration'' trade advertisements in which an image of Serkis in his motion-capture suit is juxtaposed with the finished shot in Apes, where he has been rendered an ape by artists at Weta Digital. ''The Time is Now,'' the ad says in bold type, with a quote from Time magazine film critic Richard Corliss that reads: ''Serkis gives a performance so nuanced and powerful it may challenge the Academy to give an Oscar to an actor who is never seen in the film.'' The guild nominations both cleared and muddied the Oscars picture in one swoop."